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I was planning to do one art piece by myself for this event, but Maple kindly asked to do a collab with me. And, I said yes of course. Here we are with another fun collab with a friend uwu Oh and there's a story that goes along with this too!

I did the Sketching, and Shading while Maple did the Lines, and Coloring!

~~Story Time~~

Tories’s trotted through the Hideout that was newly decorated with plenty of Valentine's themed things. The reds, pinks, whites, and even purples seemed to just pop out brilliantly against the plain hideout walls as he eyed the handywork, or pawwork, of his fellow recruits. This celebration, or event, seemed to have sparked a lot of confidence in many mons including himself, because of what was on the event’s agenda, love. It's only logical mon’s would go out of their way to make some sort of effort to impress their crush, admit feelings, or even take relationships a step further like becoming official mates within the hideout. But, most of that serious lovely-pidove stuff wasn’t Tories’s speed. If anything he was more content with just silly flirting instead since it always got such great reactions out of pokemon he flirted with for fun. Thanks to this event though it only seemed to prompt him to flirt like that more, but he wanted to aim much higher when it came to who he flirted with. He specifically wanted to flirt with the one, and only Anastasia! Her rank did intimidate him slightly in the past, but his confidence today made it so it was the last thing on his mind. That, and the thought of what her reaction would be to him flirting with her for good laughs sounded fun to him.

He continued trotting along with an unbothered as he passed by many excited, nervous, or happy pokemon passed by him in the halls. He glanced around a bit from time to time to see if he could possibly spot Anastasia, or another Diamond Rank while he trotted along the hallways. If anymon knew where she was, a Diamond would know! That and she’s absolutely hard to miss since she’s the tallest of the Diamond’s as well. But, he began to ponder a bit, thinking maybe he should just go ask another pokemon his rank, or higher, if she was around instead hoping to casually bump into her like he preferred. Luckily for him, he wouldn’t have to wait any longer, because he saw a very particular shade of red catch the corner of his eye. He then turned his head to see… Anastasia! Part of him was relieved he didn’t need to look so hard for her anymore, and he walked over to her with a bright smile and high confidence.

He takes a moment to think of what he could say in a flirty manner to make her laugh, and then calls over to her to catch her attention. “ Hello there, miss Anastasia! Would it be alright if I talk with you for a moment or two?” Once he got near enough the snake-mon he stood there smiling up at her, and felt a funny flirty plan form in his mind.

She stopped by the wall of the stairwell, and almost was out of the hall where the stairs were until Tories called her by name. She looks down at him, and leans against the lowwall slightly. “Oh, jes? Wvat do jou need, recruit?”

He knew being a Bronze Rank meant Anastasia was very unlikely to know much about him, no less his name, but that didn’t deter him and his plan. Who knows, maybe this flirty encounter would leave a lasting impression on her? He clears his throat to speak smoothly, and catch her attention more. “I don’t need much from you other than your time, miss Anastasia.” He smirks up at her and chuckles. “If anything, I wanted to ask what a beautiful flower like yourself is doing out here all alone? If you know what day it is today you should be very careful. Some pokemon may snatch you up all for themselves if you aren’t careful!” He winked at her and chuckled again.

Anastasia looked at him a little surprised for a moment, but then gave off a rather amused smile as she gazed at Tories. “Wvell it’s veddy sweet somemon like jou worries about my wvellbeing, but don’t wvorry. I can handle myself wvhen it comes to my admirers on Valentine’s Day.” She focuses on him a little more. “Jou know fully wvell I can take care of myself recruit. I’m a Diamond rank afterall… “

“ Well, yes I know miss, but can’t I just be graced with a nice conversation with the lovely, Anastasia? Unless the radiant flower of the Diamond ranks is busy then I understand” He feigns a slight frown, and pretends he was about to walk away.

“No, I’m not too busy actually. Wvhat is it dat you wvant to tell me...ah. Wvell how about I get to know jour name first? If wve’re going to be aving a nice chat I’d like to know jour name at least!” Anastasia smirked at him.

Tories couldn’t help, but feel a little victorious knowing things were going along smoothly, and that he was now on a first name basis with the commander. He puts on a bright smile as he gazes at Anastasia. “ My name’s Tories, miss Anastasia. It’s certainly a pleasure to meet you.” He bows his head slightly out of respect before continuing on with a cheeky smirk on his face. “But what I actually wanted to ask you something… “ He pauses once more to get a good view of her face. “Are any of your flowers now yet in bloom? Cause I'd love to be your bud.” He grins, and waits to see how she’d react to what he just said.

She stared at Tories surprised for a moment, and soon her smirk grew into a smile before she let out a rather refined and soft laugh. “Oh my, is dat wvhy jou wanted to talk wvith me? Goodness, I didn’t expect dat from a recruit like jou, but I’m impressed by jour confidence. Joost one tiny thing though. Jou must be new, because the flowvers around my neck actually bloom all year long” She chuckles a bit more.

Tories looked a bit surprised for a moment, and felt a little silly for jumping the gun and assuming. But, that didn’t stamp out his bravado for his flirting, and another phrase popped into his mind. He looks back up at Anastasia with another cheeky smirk and speaks. “ Well darn, that’s a shame. I wanted to be in your flowerbed.” He snickers quite a bit after saying that.

Anastasia looked at him rather shocked, and quickly looked around for a moment to see if any other pokemon had heard what he said. She looked relieved once she saw no mon did, or cared enough to listen in on the conversation. She then focuses back on Tories, and laughs with a bit of an embarrassed look on her face. “Oh my goodness, jou really are something else aren’t jou?” She lets out a sigh with a smile on her face to compose herself. “Wvell, jou may be rather young, but jou’ve got a lot of confidence which I respect. Wvho knows, maybe you’ll pluck a lovely flower for jourself one day wvith dat kind of talk”

“ Would that flower be called a Ruby Red Anastasia?” Tories asked with a smug look on his, and couldn’t help but laugh a bit afterwards after seeing Anastasia’s reaction earlier.

She ended up laughing along with him before shaking her head. “No, no I’m a little too old for jou, Tories. I tink jou need to look in flower fields wvith carnations similar to jou, and.. Wvell… wvill bloom together much better” She looked a little serious when she said this towards him.

He eyed Anastasia a little confused, but realizes she was being serious and slowly nods towards her. He played along and smirked slightly. “You can’t blame a mon for testing the waters, right? I guess I went after a fish a little too big for my boat” He shrugs with a smirk on his face, after letting out one more flirtatious joke.

Anastasia gave off one more laugh before nodding. “ Jes, but it wvas still fun talking to jou though, Tories. And, I hope jou get to enjoy the rest of dis event with another mon, or maybe joost jourself.” She smiles, and slithers a little bit away from Tories. It seems she had to go now. “Goodbye Tories, see jou around” She waves at him before slithering off down the hall.

“Goodbye miss, Anastasia” He waved at her with his hoof, and watched her leave. “She’s definitely out of my league, but all that mattered was making her day with some silly flirting! That smile, and laugh of her’s sure makes me feel like I did! ” He laughed a bit himself before turning around, and taking Anastasia’s advice to go enjoy Valentine’s Day elsewhere.

~~~~~~~~~~~

1,463 word story

Anastasia owned by: Me!
Tories (flirty boi) owned by: MapleUmbreon
James (red birb) owned by: mantopichu
Sprite (cute floof) owned by: CuriousSpecter

2/7/21

All rights reserved, Do not steal my work, Do not copy/edit my work, Do not reupload my work, Do not trace my work

Description
I was planning to do one art piece by myself for this event, but Maple kindly asked to do a collab with me. And, I said yes of course. Here we are with another fun collab with a friend uwu Oh and there's a story that goes along with this too!

I did the Sketching, and Shading while Maple did the Lines, and Coloring!

~~Story Time~~

Tories’s trotted through the Hideout that was newly decorated with plenty of Valentine's themed things. The reds, pinks, whites, and even purples seemed to just pop out brilliantly against the plain hideout walls as he eyed the handywork, or pawwork, of his fellow recruits. This celebration, or event, seemed to have sparked a lot of confidence in many mons including himself, because of what was on the event’s agenda, love. It's only logical mon’s would go out of their way to make some sort of effort to impress their crush, admit feelings, or even take relationships a step further like becoming official mates within the hideout. But, most of that serious lovely-pidove stuff wasn’t Tories’s speed. If anything he was more content with just silly flirting instead since it always got such great reactions out of pokemon he flirted with for fun. Thanks to this event though it only seemed to prompt him to flirt like that more, but he wanted to aim much higher when it came to who he flirted with. He specifically wanted to flirt with the one, and only Anastasia! Her rank did intimidate him slightly in the past, but his confidence today made it so it was the last thing on his mind. That, and the thought of what her reaction would be to him flirting with her for good laughs sounded fun to him.

He continued trotting along with an unbothered as he passed by many excited, nervous, or happy pokemon passed by him in the halls. He glanced around a bit from time to time to see if he could possibly spot Anastasia, or another Diamond Rank while he trotted along the hallways. If anymon knew where she was, a Diamond would know! That and she’s absolutely hard to miss since she’s the tallest of the Diamond’s as well. But, he began to ponder a bit, thinking maybe he should just go ask another pokemon his rank, or higher, if she was around instead hoping to casually bump into her like he preferred. Luckily for him, he wouldn’t have to wait any longer, because he saw a very particular shade of red catch the corner of his eye. He then turned his head to see… Anastasia! Part of him was relieved he didn’t need to look so hard for her anymore, and he walked over to her with a bright smile and high confidence.

He takes a moment to think of what he could say in a flirty manner to make her laugh, and then calls over to her to catch her attention. “ Hello there, miss Anastasia! Would it be alright if I talk with you for a moment or two?” Once he got near enough the snake-mon he stood there smiling up at her, and felt a funny flirty plan form in his mind.

She stopped by the wall of the stairwell, and almost was out of the hall where the stairs were until Tories called her by name. She looks down at him, and leans against the lowwall slightly. “Oh, jes? Wvat do jou need, recruit?”

He knew being a Bronze Rank meant Anastasia was very unlikely to know much about him, no less his name, but that didn’t deter him and his plan. Who knows, maybe this flirty encounter would leave a lasting impression on her? He clears his throat to speak smoothly, and catch her attention more. “I don’t need much from you other than your time, miss Anastasia.” He smirks up at her and chuckles. “If anything, I wanted to ask what a beautiful flower like yourself is doing out here all alone? If you know what day it is today you should be very careful. Some pokemon may snatch you up all for themselves if you aren’t careful!” He winked at her and chuckled again.

Anastasia looked at him a little surprised for a moment, but then gave off a rather amused smile as she gazed at Tories. “Wvell it’s veddy sweet somemon like jou worries about my wvellbeing, but don’t wvorry. I can handle myself wvhen it comes to my admirers on Valentine’s Day.” She focuses on him a little more. “Jou know fully wvell I can take care of myself recruit. I’m a Diamond rank afterall… “

“ Well, yes I know miss, but can’t I just be graced with a nice conversation with the lovely, Anastasia? Unless the radiant flower of the Diamond ranks is busy then I understand” He feigns a slight frown, and pretends he was about to walk away.

“No, I’m not too busy actually. Wvhat is it dat you wvant to tell me...ah. Wvell how about I get to know jour name first? If wve’re going to be aving a nice chat I’d like to know jour name at least!” Anastasia smirked at him.

Tories couldn’t help, but feel a little victorious knowing things were going along smoothly, and that he was now on a first name basis with the commander. He puts on a bright smile as he gazes at Anastasia. “ My name’s Tories, miss Anastasia. It’s certainly a pleasure to meet you.” He bows his head slightly out of respect before continuing on with a cheeky smirk on his face. “But what I actually wanted to ask you something… “ He pauses once more to get a good view of her face. “Are any of your flowers now yet in bloom? Cause I'd love to be your bud.” He grins, and waits to see how she’d react to what he just said.

She stared at Tories surprised for a moment, and soon her smirk grew into a smile before she let out a rather refined and soft laugh. “Oh my, is dat wvhy jou wanted to talk wvith me? Goodness, I didn’t expect dat from a recruit like jou, but I’m impressed by jour confidence. Joost one tiny thing though. Jou must be new, because the flowvers around my neck actually bloom all year long” She chuckles a bit more.

Tories looked a bit surprised for a moment, and felt a little silly for jumping the gun and assuming. But, that didn’t stamp out his bravado for his flirting, and another phrase popped into his mind. He looks back up at Anastasia with another cheeky smirk and speaks. “ Well darn, that’s a shame. I wanted to be in your flowerbed.” He snickers quite a bit after saying that.

Anastasia looked at him rather shocked, and quickly looked around for a moment to see if any other pokemon had heard what he said. She looked relieved once she saw no mon did, or cared enough to listen in on the conversation. She then focuses back on Tories, and laughs with a bit of an embarrassed look on her face. “Oh my goodness, jou really are something else aren’t jou?” She lets out a sigh with a smile on her face to compose herself. “Wvell, jou may be rather young, but jou’ve got a lot of confidence which I respect. Wvho knows, maybe you’ll pluck a lovely flower for jourself one day wvith dat kind of talk”

“ Would that flower be called a Ruby Red Anastasia?” Tories asked with a smug look on his, and couldn’t help but laugh a bit afterwards after seeing Anastasia’s reaction earlier.

She ended up laughing along with him before shaking her head. “No, no I’m a little too old for jou, Tories. I tink jou need to look in flower fields wvith carnations similar to jou, and.. Wvell… wvill bloom together much better” She looked a little serious when she said this towards him.

He eyed Anastasia a little confused, but realizes she was being serious and slowly nods towards her. He played along and smirked slightly. “You can’t blame a mon for testing the waters, right? I guess I went after a fish a little too big for my boat” He shrugs with a smirk on his face, after letting out one more flirtatious joke.

Anastasia gave off one more laugh before nodding. “ Jes, but it wvas still fun talking to jou though, Tories. And, I hope jou get to enjoy the rest of dis event with another mon, or maybe joost jourself.” She smiles, and slithers a little bit away from Tories. It seems she had to go now. “Goodbye Tories, see jou around” She waves at him before slithering off down the hall.

“Goodbye miss, Anastasia” He waved at her with his hoof, and watched her leave. “She’s definitely out of my league, but all that mattered was making her day with some silly flirting! That smile, and laugh of her’s sure makes me feel like I did! ” He laughed a bit himself before turning around, and taking Anastasia’s advice to go enjoy Valentine’s Day elsewhere.

~~~~~~~~~~~

1,463 word story

Anastasia owned by: Me!
Tories (flirty boi) owned by: MapleUmbreon
James (red birb) owned by: mantopichu
Sprite (cute floof) owned by: CuriousSpecter

2/7/21

All rights reserved, Do not steal my work, Do not copy/edit my work, Do not reupload my work, Do not trace my work